USFD 2014: EMMELIE CONFIRMED AS GUEST

COLOGNE, GERMANY – NDR announced that Emmelie de Forest, Eurovision 2014 winner will perform as a guest act in the German national final on March 13th. It will be a full warm up for the Eurovision 2014 winner as she will also perform the opening Eurovision theme in Copenhagen’s Eurovision 2014 Final.

Regarding the German selection NDR revealed that 16 artists have been shortlisted for the wildcard position and ten of them will perform in Hamburg Edelfettwerk on February 27th.

The jury will be made of Thomas Schreiber, Willy Ehmann for Sony, Michael Brycz for Warner, Tom Bohne for Universal and Konrad von Löhneysen for independents, as well as Echo initiator and music manager Gerd Gebhardt and the production company Brainpool (represented by Jörg Grabosch and Claudia Gliedt) and ARD radio (represented by Fritz and N-Joy Radio).